When you purchase a subscription, your Writer’s Muse account represents your license to use our software and access our database for the specified period of time. Activation is the process by which The Writer’s Muse validates that your software and device identifiers are genuine and that they are being used in accordance with the license you purchased.
Activation is intended to protect your rights, as a consumer, to use the license to its full extent, and it is also intended to protect The Writer’s Muse’s rights as a software and database developer. Only genuine software versions and your database subscription entitle you to database and application updates and to technical support.
During the activation process, information about the following is sent to The Writer’s Muse via an Internet connection: your mobile or computer device, your device’s operating system, The Writer’s Muse software in use, the Microsoft Word version in use on your computer, and your geographic location.
In addition, The Writer’s Muse receives the Internet Protocol address of your Internet connection. All the foregoing information is stored by The Writer’s Muse and may be used, alone or in conjunction with other information you or third parties have provided to The Writer’s Muse, to detect and prevent fraud and abuse of The Writer’s Muse products and services.
An Internet connection will be required for software activation and general use. If your software fails to activate, either because it cannot connect to The Writer’s Muse over the Internet or because its use is not permitted, it will not operate at all.